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Test 11 · ★★ · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard…

In a cartoon the king says, "Nobody may eat cake," and eats cake: "Kings don't count." Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, Nobody, Kings, you · What happens: say, eat, not count, put · To what, where: cartoon, cake · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: In a cartoon the king says, "Nobody may eat cake," and eats cake: "Kings don't count."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 eat	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 eat	punct
9	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 eat	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 eat	aux
11	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
12	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eat	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 eat	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 eat	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 eats	cc
16	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 says	conj
17	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eats	obj
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 count	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 count	punct
20	Kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 count	nsubj
21	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 count	aux
22	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 count	advmod
23	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 count	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 count	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the king			a cartoon			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat in a quote	may	Nobody	cake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient
3	eat	present	the king not said here	cake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient
4	not count in a quote	present · do-support	Kings						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	cake				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's fair as long as he says it loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fair	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 fair	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 says	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 says	obj
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fair, long property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	he	it				loudly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

It's fine because the cake was his

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	6 cake	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cake	det
6	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	obl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 his	cop
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cake	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						because the cake; fine property	tree rules
2	is a	past	the cake not said here	his = he					tree rules

Option 3

Kings really are allowed any exception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 allowed	advmod
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 exception	det
6	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allowed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		Kings					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal exception=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It's special pleading; a fair rule applies to the one who makes it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pleading	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pleading	cop
3	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pleading	amod
4	pleading	pleading	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 applies	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rule	det
7	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rule	amod
8	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 applies	nsubj
9	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pleading	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 one	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 applies	obl
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 makes	nsubj
14	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 one	acl:relcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	special pleading					tree rules
2	apply	present	a fair rule		the one				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	make	present	the one	rule					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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